When was the last time your health care provider had you sit quietly for 12 minutes before taking your blood pressure?
Probably never.
And that means you’re readings may be falsely high.
… Read MoreLittle-Known Vitamin Stops Heart Problems
This vitamin doesn’t get much attention. But a new study shows it may be the single most important nutrient for your heart. It prevents a serious and common condition that often leads to sudden cardiac arrest.1
Researchers from Augusta University in Georgia wanted to find out if this vitamin could stop left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). It is a gradual enlargement and thickening of the walls of your heart’s left ventricle.… Read More
Lower Blood Pressure Can Lead to Dementia
Drug companies are no doubt thrilled about the new blood pressure guidelines issued this week by American Heart Association.
Overnight, the market for blood pressure medications skyrocketed.
… Read MoreHeart Stents Don’t Work… But They Make Big Bucks for Surgeons
If there was ever any doubt that heart stents are a scam, they’ve been erased by a new study.
Stents are tiny mesh tubes used to open heart arteries. Surgeons have told us for years that they are the best way to reduce angina pain.
More than 500,000 stent procedures are performed every year, and they don’t work, according to the landmark study, published in the journal The Lancet.… Read More
#1 Natural Fix for Lower Blood Pressure
Your blood pressure tends to rise as you get older. That’s why 65% of Americans over 60 have blood pressure (BP) higher than the healthy level of 120/80.1
Many people want to avoid the side effects of taking BP pills. So they turn to natural methods.
You probably already know that certain lifestyle behaviors lower blood pressure. But a new study finds that one factor is more powerful than all the others.… Read More
Why Being Short Could Save You From a Heart Attack
If most of us had a choice, we’d rather be tall than short. But a new study shows that being vertically challenged has at least one big health advantage: a lower risk of dangerous blood clots called venous thromboembolisms (VTEs).
After studying more than 2 million people, researchers from Lund University in Malmo, Sweden, found that the risk of VTEs was strongly associated with height.… Read More